The Bismarck

PRFBBQWEST2015

PRF BBQ West 2015 Schedule and Tickets – April 10th, 11th and 12th, 2015

Yes, it’s true… the time has come again. PRF West Coast 2015 is happening again!

Passes available here:

  • $30 for a 3 day pass
  • $12/day in advance
  • $15 at the door.

Friday, April 10th

American Steel
1960 Mandela Parkway
Oakland, CA 94607
All Ages

  • 5:30 Bathysphere
  • 6:15 CHINA – Los Angeles, CA
  • 7:00 ALTO!- Portland, OR[
  • 7:45 Color TV
  • 8:30 The Rutabega – South Bend, IN
  • 9:15 ROLAND
  • 10:00 Replicator
  • 10:45 Kowloon Walled City

Saturday, April 11th

Elbo Room
647 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA, 94110
21+

  • 1:00 Hex Horizontal – Los Angeles, CA
  • 1:45 Cinder Cone – Los Angeles, CA
  • 2:30 Happy Fangs
  • 3:15 Freeway Park – Seattle, WA
  • 4:00 Vulgar Trade
  • 4:45 SEMINARS – Seattle, WA
  • 5:30 The Bismarck – Seattle, WA
  • 6:15 Cartographer
  • 7:00 Glose – Seattle, WA
  • 7:45 Survival Knife – Olympia, WA

Sunday, April 12th

American Steel
1960 Mandela Parkway
Oakland, CA 94607
All Ages

  • 2:00 BBQ and Karaoke Underground
  • 3:00 Reptoid
  • 3:45 Spider Heart
  • 4:30 Bone And Bell – Portland, OR
  • 5:15 The Loyalists
  • 6:00 Porch
  • 6:45 Chung Antique – Seattle, WA
  • 7:30 Many Mansions (fmrly Orandnot) Portland, OR
  • 8:15 The Mass
  • 9:00 Whatfunlifewas
  • 9:45 Love Moon
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PRFBBQ2014 Schedule

Dates for the PRFBBQ2014 have been announced. Friday, June 20, 2014 through Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 will be all day events held at Borelli’s in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

THREE DAY PASSES ARE SOLD OUT. THERE WILL NOT BE SINGLE DAY PASSES FOR SATURDAY THIS YEAR.

You can still donate to the Beverage Fund if you so choose.

This is a charity event. All monies raised will go to cover band and event expenses, with the proceeds going to Friends of McPherson (CPS School McPherson) and to help pay medical expenses for musician’s family member who has terminal cancer.

Information will be added here as it becomes available. To stay abreast, visit the PRFBBQ2014 Facebook Event.

Wednesday ~ The Pre-Pre-PreRF BBQ Wednesday Night Explosion at Kitchen Sink

Kitchen Sink, Chicago, Illinois

8:30-?:??        .22 (Chicago)
?:??-?:??        Document (P.R.F. R.E.M. cover experience) (Chicago)

Thursday ~ The PreRF BBQ Thursday Night Lights PRF Chicago Chapter Power Run

Livewire Lounge 3394 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois

5:15-5:45         Magia Nuda (Chicago)
6:00-6:30         The Heroine Complex (Chicago)
6:45-7:15         Stomatopod (Chicago)
7:30-8:00         My Canadian Girlfriend (Chicago)
8:15-8:45         Royal Pines (Chicago)
9:00-9:30         The Cell Phones (Chicago)
9:45-10:15       Primes (NYC)
10:30-11:00     Whales (Chicago)
11:15-12:00     TBA
12:15-             The Yow Yow Yows (Bloomington’s Premier Jesus Lizard live tribute experience) (Bloomington)

Friday ~ The PRFBBQ 2014 Official Kick Off Boogie Jam Event

Borelli’s 2124 W. Lawrence Chicago, IL 60625

7:00-7:30         The Rutabega (South Bend)
7:35-8:05         The Book-Burners (Great Lakes Region)
8:10-8:40         Fake Limbs (Chicago)

Basement: 8:45-9:15 Gay Name (Chicago, NYC & Milwaukee)

9:20-10:05        Brett Eugene Ralph’s Kentucky Chrome Revue (Louisville)
10:10-10:40      Velcro Lewis Group (Chicago)
10:45-              A Very PRF Live Band Karaoke Tribute to Touch & Go records

Saturday ~ PRF BBQ 2014

Borelli’s 2124 W. Lawrence Chicago, IL 60625

12:00-12:30      Like Like The The The Death (Milwaukee)
12:35-1:05       Tyranny is Tyranny (Madison)
1:10-1:40         Chung Antique (Seattle)
1:45-2:15         Self Evident (Minneapolis)
2:20-2:50         The Fervor (Louisville)
2:55-3:25         The Bismarck (Seattle)

Basement: 3:30-4:00 Real Live Dress (Chicago)

4:10-4:40         Magpies (Missoula)
4:45-5:15         Hungry Man (Chicago)
5:20-5:50         Jap Herron (Chicago)
6:00-6:30         Motherfucker (Athens)
6:35-7:05         Couch Flambeau (Milwaukee)

Rooftop: 7:10-7:40 Small Awesome (Chicago)

7:45-8:15         The Columbines (Chicago)
8:20-9:20         Hum (Champaign)
9:30-10:10       Dianogah (Chicago)
10:05-10:35     Marthas Vineyard Ferries (Massachusetts)
10:40-11:10     Pinebender (Chicago)
11:15-             F/I (Milwaukee)

Sunday ~ PRF BBQ 2014

Borelli’s 2124 W. Lawrence Chicago, IL 60625

12:00-12:30     Songs of the Pawners’ Society
12:35-1:05       Burn Permits (Seattle)
1:10-1:40         SEMINARS (Seattle)

1:45-2:15         French Goodbye (Chicago)
2:20-2:50         We Ride On (NYC)
2:55-3:25         Reverb Bomb (Ontario)
3:30-4:00         Dead Halos (Louisville)

4:05-4:35         Bad Models (NYC)
4:40-5:10         Minutes (Kalamazoo)
5:15-5:45         Electrical Collision Horse (Chicago)

5:50-6:20         Crown Larks
6:25-6:55         Six Acre Lake (Philadelphia)
7:00-7:30         Redgrave (Chicago)

7:35-8:05         Burned or Buried (Chicago)
8:10-8:40         San Andreas Fault (Chicago)
8:45-9:15         Velocicopter (Chicago)

9:20-9:50         We Are Hex (Indianapolis)
9:55-10:25       Electric Hawk (Chicago)
10:30-11:15     Dead Rider (Chicago)
11:20-             Nonagon (Chicago)

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The Bismarck

The Bismarck Live at PRFstival UK 2012

The Bismarck recorded live on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at the Bristol County Sports Club in Bristol, United Kingdom as part of the first ever European PRF BBQ, PRFstival UK 2012

For more information on the band, please visit The Bismarck Bandcamp and https://www.thebismarck.net/.

The PRF Radio Hour – August 13th, 2011

Bradley R. Weissenberger of the rock band .22 hosted an all PRF radio show this passed Saturday, August 13th, 2011 on 106.7 WRHC Radio Harbor Country in Grand Haven, MI from 9 to 11 PM. In addition, the show was streamed live on their website through out the digital land.

While the broadcast, with all it’s wacky comedy bits, and controversial topics of conversation was not saved, Mr. Weissenberger was kind enough to replicate the playlist on this PRF Radio Hour on Bandcamp page. Click through to enjoy a stream of great music.